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Depression hits former ArcelorMittal workers
Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, weight changes and self-loathing are becoming the norm for former steel workers who were left jobless when ArcelorMittal, Point Lisas, closed its gates last...
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PM warns of further cutbacks
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has warned of additional cutbacks in government spending in an address to the nation on Sunday night.He did so while highligthing government plans to improve the standard...
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PM: Major boost to help solve crime
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said last night despite grim outlook for revenue from the oil and gas sector, more than $113 million will be spent to buy new spy tools for the police service. It was one...
View ArticleRowley mum on reshuffle
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday played his cards close to his chest about his impending Cabinet reshuffle. The question about re-aligning his ministers was thrown at Rowley three times while...
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Golden opportunity for change
An address to the nation, by Prime Minister Dr Keith C Rowley Delivered at 7.30 pm September 11,2016.Fellow citizens, Good eveningOne year ago, when you cast your vote and placed upon the shoulders...
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Guard killed, three shot in botched grocery robbery
Ralph BanwarieA Pinto Road, Arima teen has been arrested for the brazen armed robbery at a supermarket along the Eastern Main Road, Maturita Village, on Saturday night which left the guard dead and...
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Grieving father killed in Rio Claro
After a long and unsuccessful night searching for his 14-year-old daughter, Rio Claro father Vishnu Persad was shot dead at his home yesterday. While investigators said they have no suspects as yet,...
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Tears for Sumiyya
Even though Sumiyya Davis lived a life of poverty she was willing to give her last dollar to those who needed it more. Davis, 16, a student of ASJA Girls’ College, in Charlieville, was killed by a...
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Tobago fisherman lost at sea survived on ‘Raw fish and rain water’
Tobago fisherman Rennie Richardson drifted for two days in the mighty Atlantic Ocean, travelling over 145 kilometres over two days, ending up in Grenada. Richardson, 31, of Plymouth, a tiny fishing...
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12 homeless after fire guts 4 houses
Ten-month-old Aliyah Allard cried of hunger yesterday, but there was little her mother Afesha Noel could offer to her and her 11-year-old sister Aliesha Joseph after fire destroyed their home on...
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Major gun, ammo haul at Claxton Bay: Police hunt suspect
Police are hunting for man who managed to escape during what has been described as the largest seizure of illegal firearms by the South Western Division police on Saturday.Police said they went to the...
View ArticleNo one charged for dirty homes
Seven months after the Ministry of Health announced increased fines for property owners who refuse to comply with regulations to ensure properties and vacant lots are kept clean, no one has yet been...
View ArticlePolice body happy for new spy tools
The Police Service Social and Welfare Association yesterday welcomed Government’s $119 million (US$17.5 million) investment to improve equipment and technology in the Police Service but called for...
View ArticleFixin’ T&T to PM: Remove Garcia as Udecott head
Watchdog group Fixin’ T&T wants Prime Minister Keith Rowley to remove Noel Garcia as chairman of one of the largest State enterprises over allegations of misconduct.The group’s leader, Kirk Waithe,...
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New oil spill triggers fear for La Brea residents
Hours after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley expressed concern over T&T’s declining oil production and the $20 billion unserviceable debt to Petrotrin, barrels of the precious commodity have once...
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Come home to father’s funeral
The mother of a 14-year-old girl from Rio Claro, who ran away from home last week, is pleading with her to return home to attend her murdered father’s funeral. Rehana Singh, the mother of Shivani...
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Kamla: Govt has failed to deliver
The Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the address to the nation by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley confirmed what many have been speculating for quite some time now, that his administration...
View ArticleTHA in budget talks tomorrow
A four-member team of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will meet Finance Minister Colm Imbert and other senior officers of his ministry tomorrow to have pre-Budget discussions on Tobago’s 2017 budget...
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Govt moves to boost breeding of livestock
Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Clarence Rambharat, says his ministry, based on dialogue with and recommendations by the local livestock farmers and industry experts, plan to implement an...
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Electrical repairs begin at Newtown Boys’
Electrical work has begun at the Newtown Boys’ RC School, Port-of-Spain. Contacted yesterday, Education Minister Anthony Garcia said work began over the weekend, adding there was no need for the...
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